| Description | Price |
| Solo guitar and vocals with small amplifier or acoustic three 45 min. sets | €500 (EUR) |
| Acoustic or electric trio two 60 minute sets small backline | €1100 (EUR) |
| Friendly duo for the elderly | €800 (EUR) |
| Eagles Tribute band 4-piece | €1200 (EUR) |
Ben Blue plays English and American pop music. Using his pedals he can add multiple guitar parts and harmony vocals to his songs, covering rock, blues, country, jazz and more. If needed, the volume can be kept low but it's also possible to party on with heavy guitar solo's and sing along songs. requests are also possible. Some artists that are featured in his 250 song repertoire are the Beatles, RHCP, CCR, Johnny Cash, Cream, ZZ Top, Pink Floyd and many others.
Ben can also come with an acoustic or electric trio and has various other bands.
= free travel (up to 10 miles)
2 PRINCES SPIN DOCTORS
50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER PAUL SIMON
500 worldwide PROCLAIMERS
ADDICTED TO LOVE ROBERT PALMER
AIN’T MISBEHAVING FATS WALLER
AIN’T NO SUNSHINE BILL WITHERS
ALIVE PEARL JAM
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER JIMI HENDRIX
ALWAYS ON THE RUN LENNY CRAVITZ
AMERICAN WOMAN GUESS WHO
APPARTMENT SONG TOM PETTY
AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY GARY MOORE
AUTUMN LEAVES EVA CASSIDY
BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU ROBERT PALMER
BAD MOON RISING CCR
BANG A GONG T-REX
BLACKBIRD BEATLES
BLUE JEAN BLUES ZZ TOP
BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY PAUL MCCARTNEY
BOHEMIAN LIKE YOU DANDY WARHOLS
BORN TO BE WILD STEPPENWOLF
BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS GREEN DAY
BOY NAMED SUE JOHNNY CASH
BROWN EYED GIRL VAN MORRISSON
C.C. RIDER BILL HALEY
CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU FRANKY VALLI
CLOCKS COLDPLAY
COCAINE J.J. CALE
COCAINE BLUES JOHNNY CASH
COCONUT WOMAN HARRY BELLAFONTE
COLD SHOT STEVIE RAY VAUGHN
COME TOGETHER BEATLES
COMFORTABLY NUMB PINK FLOYD
COPACABANA BARRY MANILOW
COUNTRY ROADS JOHN DENVER
CRAZY BABY JOAN OSBORNE
CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE QUEEN
DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT THIN LIZZY
DARKNESS ON THE DELTA CASSANDRA WILSON
DAYDREAM LOVIN’ SPOONFUL
DEMASIADO CORAZON MINK DEVILLE
DESPERADO EAGLES
DOCK OF THE BAY OTIS REDDING
DON’T YOU SIMPLE MINDS
DOWN, DOWN STATUS QUO
DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10 CC
DUST MY BROOM ZZ TOP
EVERY 1’S A WINNER HOT CHOCOLATE
EVERYBODY’S GOTTA LEARN CORGY’S
FACE IN THE CROWD TOM PETTY
FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL
FEELING ALRIGHT JOE COCKER
FIRE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
FOLSOM PRISON BLUES JOHNNY CASH
FOOL FOR YOUR STOCKINGS ZZ TOP
GET BACK BEATLES
GIMME SOME LOVING SPENCER DAVIS GROUP
GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE JOHNNY CASH
GLORIA VAN MORRISSON
GOLD ON THE CEILING BLACK KEYS
GUITAR MAN BREAD
HAVE A LITTLE FAITH IN ME JOE COCKER
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN CCR
HE’LL HAVE TO GO JIM REEVES
HEART OF GOLD NEIL YOUNG
HERE COMES THE SUN BEATLES
HEY, HEY, MY, MY NEIL YOUNG
HEY, JOE JIMI HENDRIX
HEY, JUDE BEATLES
HOTEL CALIFORNIA EAGLES
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN TOMMY EMANUEL
HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE BEE GEES
HURT JOHNNY CASH
I AM I SAID NEIL DIAMOND
I CAN HELP BILLY SWAN
I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN TINA TURNER
I COULD HAVE LIED RHCP
I DON’T WANT TO BE YOU ANYMORE BILLIE EILISH
I FOLLOW RIVERS TRIGGERFINGER
I HUNG MY HEAD JOHNNY CASH
I NEVER PICKED COTTON JOHNNY CASH
I SAW HER STANDING THERE BEATLES
I SHOT THE SHERIFF ERIC CLAPTON
I WALK THE LINE JOHNNY CASH
I WILL SURVIVE GLORIA GAINOR
I WISH STEVIE WONDER
I WON’T BACK DOWN TOM PETTY
I WON’T GIVE UP JASON MRAZ
I’M A BELIEVER NEIL DIAMOND
I’M YOURS JASON MRAZ
ICECREAM MAN VAN HALEN
IT’S A REAL MOTHER FOR ‘YA JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON
JESUS JUST LEFT CHICAGO ZZ TOP
JOHNNY B. GOODE CHUCK BERRY
KARMA POLICE RADIOHEAD
KEEP ON ROCKING IN THE FREE WORLD NEIL YOUNG
KISS PRINCE
KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR BOB DYLAN
LATE AGAIN STEALER’S WHEEL
LAYLA ERIC CLAPTON
LEARN TO FLY FOO FIGHTERS
LET HER GO PASSENGER
LIGHT MY FIRE DOORS
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC DOOBIE BROTHERS
LITTLE WING JIMI HENDRIX
LODI CCR
LOLA KINKS
LOVE HURTS ROY ORBISON
LUCILLE KENNY ROGERS
LYIN’ EYES EAGLES
MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE BOB DYLAN
MARY JANE’S LAST DANCE TOM PETTY
MICHELLE MA BELLE BEATLES
MOONDANCE VAN MORRISSON
MR BOJANGLES ROBBIE WILLIAMS
MR. BLUE SKY ELO
MRS. ROBINSON SIMON & GARFUNKEL
MUSTANG SALLY WILSON PICKETT
MY WAY FRANK SINATRA
NARCOTIC LIQUIDO
NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD PETER GREENE
NEW YEAR’S DAY U2
NEW YORK, NEW YORK FRANK SINATRA
NIGHT AND DAY FRANK SINATRA
NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO CHUCK BERRY
NOBODY KNOWS YOU ERIC CLAPTON
NORWEGEAN WOOD BEATLES
NOTHING BUT THE BLUES B.B. KING
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS METALLICA
OH LONESOME ME NEIL YOUNG
ONE U2
ONE NOTE SAMBA JOBIM
ONE OF US JOAN OSBORNE
OTHERSIDE RHCP
OUT ON THE WEEKEND NEIL YOUNG
PAINT IT BLACK ROLLING STONES
PAPER MOON NAT KING COLE
PERFECT DAY LOU REED
PIANO MAN BILLIE JOEL
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC WILD CHERRY
PLUSH STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
PRIDE AND JOY STEVIE RAY VAUGHN
PURPLE RAIN PRINCE
QUE SERA SERA DORIS DAY
RADAR LOVE GOLDEN EARRING
RAWHIDE FRANKIE LAINE
REAL MOTHER FOR ‘YA JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON
RED HOUSE JIMI HENDRIX
RETURN TO SENDER ELVIS PRELEY
RIDERS ON THE STORM DOORS
RING OF FIRE JOHNNY CASH
ROCKY RACOON BEATLES
ROUTE 66 CHUCK BERRY
ROWBOAT JOHNNY CASH
RUBY KAISER CHIEFS
SAM HALL JOHNNY CASH
SAN QUENTIN JOHNNY CASH
SCAR TISSUE RHCP
SINGING THE BLUES DAVID BOW
SO HAPPY TOGETHER TURTLES
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
SPACE ODDITY DAVID BOWIE
SPANISH STROLL MINK DEVILLE
SPIRITUAL JOHNNY CASH
ST LOUIS BLUES TRADITIONAL
STOLEN DANCE MILKY CHANCE
STORMY MONDAY ALMANN BROS BAND
STRESSED OUT 21 PILOTS
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE STEALER’S WHEEL
SULTANS OF SWING DIRE STRAITS
SUMMER IN THE CITY JOE COCKER
SUMMERTIME GERSHWIN
SUNNY AFTERNOON KINKS
SUPERGIRL REAMONN
SUSIE Q CCR
SWEET CAROLINE NEIL DIAMOND
SWEET HOME ALABAMA LYNYRD SKYNYRD
SWEET HOME CHICAGO BLUES BROTHERS
TAINTED LOVE SOFT CELL
TAKE IT EASY EAGLES
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN CROSBY, STILLS, NASH
TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON
TEQUILA CHAMPS
TEXAS FLOOD STEVIE RAY VAUGHN
THAT’S LIFE FRANK SINATRA
THE A TEAM ED SHEERAN
THE GAMBLER KENNY ROGERS
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA JOBIM
THE GLORY OF LOVE STANDARD
THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE NEIL YOUNG
THE SUN GOES DOWN THIN LIZZY
THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKING NANCY SINATRA
THING CALLED LOVE JOHNNY CASH
THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE ARMIN VAN BUUREN
THIS LOVE MAROON 5
TUSH ZZ TOP
UNDER THE BRIDGE RHCP
US AND THEM PINK FLOYD
WAITING FOR THE EVENING MAIL STANDARD
WALK AND DON’T LOOK BACK JAGGER/TOSH
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE LOU REED
WE’LL MEET AGAIN VERA LYNN
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE STANDARD
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD LOUIS ARMSTRONG
WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WHEEPS BEATLES
WHISKEY IN THE JAR THIN LIZZY
WHITE ROOM CREAM
WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN CCR
WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE (jazz version) AC/DC
WILD ROVER TRADITIONAL
WISH YOU WERE HERE PINK FLOYD
WONDERFUL TONIGHT ERIC CLAPTON
WONDERWALL OASIS
WORD UP CAMEO
YELLOW SUBMARINE BEATLES
YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL JOE COCKER
YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM ST. LOUIS TRADITIONAL
YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON JOE COCKER
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT ROLLING STONES
YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND ELVIS PRELEY
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE GARY AND THE PACEMAKERS
YOU’RE MY FIRST, MY LAST, MY EVERYTHING BARRY WHITE
YOUR SONG ELTON JOHN
A clean and dry place for me to stand and play. Clean currency (220V) and a table or something like that to put my equipment on.
I like to know if there are special challenges in reaching the venue and what the parking posibilities are.
I bring a small amp/mixer that I can also use for monitoring. A somewhat bigger audio set and a very simple lightning rig can be provided if needed.
The "somewhat bigger audio set" has an USB input on which a phone or tablet can be connected.
I really liked the gigs we did back in the 80's in the Rotterdam Ahoy' and the Feijenoord Soccer stadium with my rockband but that is a long time ago. I can also really appreciate the luxury of playing in a theatre with a nice dressing room and good catering.
I mostly appreciate the variation. Playing for a few hundred fans with a rock band one night and entertaining the elderly next day playing old Dutch songs with my wife. And all the many, many things inbetween.
Quite a story. Started playing at 12 in 1974. Played with many many bands in many styles and I was a music teacher and bandcoach for 25 years. I was a recording and touring artist with rockbands, played weddings, birthdays and funerals for crowds from 4 people to 50.000. Boats, towers, fairs, back gardens, living rooms, stadiums. Now I still play solo and with a lot of bands, mainly covers. Got a Eagles tribute band, a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute, some coverbands. And when required, I'll come with an acoustic guitar and play in the background.
I started off as a rocker, influenced by th NWOBHM, Priest, Maiden, also Scorpions and Accept. Also loved blues, Jimi Hendrix. Later I got to appreciate more kinds of music. Pop, jazz, soul, funk etc. My main criterium is that I like music made by real, skilled people and not by computers or DJ's.
Standard I play 2 sets of 60 minutes or 3 sets of 45 minutes. I need approximately 15 minutes to set up my gear but usually arrive one hour before performance to avoid stressful situations. I can play shorter or longer if required.
Sure. Just need to keep myself and my equipment dry and not too cold.
I have a list of 250 songs to pick from.
Professional, skilled, friendly, flexible.
Private persons' occasions
Different companies
Bars and venues as listed below
Hotels and cruses
Sportclub cantines
Paddy Murphy's Irish Bar Rotterdam
Pub10 Gorinchem
't Kont van het Paard Den Briel
Café the Hide Away Rotterdam
Murray's Irish Pub Spijkenisse
De Magistraat Rotterdam
't Gelagh Gorinchem
Candlelight Bar
Cruise ships in Cologne
De Groene Weide Hoorn
Brasserie de Poort Leiden
De Boerderij Zoetermeer
Gebouw T Bergen op Zoom
Ahoy' Rotterdam
De Kuip Rotterdam
De Watervilla Capelle a/d IJssel
Guay Rotterdam
Horizontour Waddenzee
Iduna Drachten
De Eendrachtshoeve Zuid Beijerland
Little Havana Kralendijk
Chomu Palace Jaipur
Dorpshuis de Brink Opdam
Many, many, many more.
Wedding
Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Recording Session
Cruise
1950s Music
1960s Music
1970s Music
1980s Music
1990s Music
2000s+ Music
Blues
Swing
Easy Listening
Background Music
Country
Pop
Acoustic
Covers
Funk
Tribute
Vintage
Rock
Britpop
Classic Rock
Rock 'n' Roll
Alternative Rock
